Melinda A. Sammis is a shareholder of the family law firm of Blacker Sammis & Blacker LLC. She handles divorces, premarital and postmarital agreements, child custody and paternity issues, and support modification cases—including those that involve same-sex issues. Ms. Sammis represents high-asset individuals through the financial details and emotional aspects of agreements, including the division of real estate and business assets, and spousal and child support. Although based in San Francisco, California, her representation extends to clients throughout the Bay Area and Silicon Valley.

The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization has certified Ms. Sammis as a specialist in family law. She is an advisor to the executive committee of the Family Law Section of The State Bar of California, which provides high quality continuing education to family lawyers and expertise to the California State Legislature regarding pending family law legislation. Ms. Sammis maintains memberships in the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. Ms. Sammis serves as a volunteer attorney and settlement master for the Family Law Department of the San Francisco. Highly regarded by her fellow professionals, she has received a 10.0 "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo. Ms. Sammis is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

As an undergraduate, Ms. Sammis attended Smith College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature in 1996. She then went on to attend the University of California Hastings College of the Law and was awarded her Juris Doctor in 1999. While in law school, she served a clerkship with the Family Law Department of the San Francisco Superior Court under Judge Thomas Mellon and Judge Charlotte Woolard.

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